Author: Trevor Wykes

Below is an article that appeared in the Herald Express this week. A fuller version has just been published in the Torbay Weekly ( but as I'm away I can't get a copy. All good publicity for TPSA and for raising awareness. (Ian Nightingale, TPSA Chairman)   And...

This group Living Well with Advanced Prostate Cancer may be of interest. Meeting Location: We meet online via a Zoom link Meeting info: Monthly We are a supportive group of people living with advanced prostate cancer. We meet monthly online. Please get in touch with Aidan for more information. Contact details Group...

Introducing TRANSFORM, Prostate Cancer UK's £42 million trial to find a screening programme for prostate cancer   Is this another step forward to a National Screening Programme.   For full details click on the link below https://prostatecanceruk.org/about-us/news-and-views/2023/11/introducing-transform?fbclid=IwAR38PriPFJQ_-68zaxi3mHi3pfzrFJ7PpaYOoIdWhnh-2a-OW75efa0RbZE  ...

We've just received the results of the PSA Tests carried out at last week's Prostate Health Awareness session. 356 men were tested. Of that 23 men received Red or Amber letters encouraging them to contact their GP. Over the past 2 years we have facilitated...

Below is a link to the latest Torbay Health & Wellbeing Newsletter which has some good details of voluntary groups'events, meetings and information for our area. newsletter WHAT IS THE TH&WN? Torbay Health and Wellbeing network is here to support and promote your organizations who have the common...

Last night we held another of our Prostate Health Awareness and PSA testing events. 350 men attended having a PSA test and getting a better understanding of the support available from TPSA. Thankyou to the team from the Rotary Club of Preston (Torbay) for their continued...

Below is a post from Prostate Cancer Uk's site in October raising the awareness of Prostate Cancer in Black Men. October marks the start of Black History Month, celebrating the history, achievements and contributions of black people in the UK.  Rugby star Ugo Monye joined the fight...

Debbie Hosking joined me at the Torbay Health & Wellbeing VCSE networking event this afternoon/evening. We had some really good awareness conversations and made some great connections....

Below is a link to the slides from Gill Dell's excellent PowerPoint presentation on Hormone Therapy at our last members' meeting:- https://tpsa.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/2023/10/Hormone-Therapy-in-Prostate-Cancer.pdf You can also access this in the New Topics section in the News Section...

Russ & Josh Take On Prostate United Two members of Torquay United’s backroom staff will be spending October taking on the Prostate United 2023 challenge, to raise awareness of prostate cancer, and fundraise for Prostate Cancer UK. Having been part of the TUAFC team that took part...

Helping Raise Awareness & funds for specialist prostate cancer related equipment

Helping Raise Awareness & funds for specialist prostate cancer related equipment

Serving men of all ages and their family and friends, through a programme of support before, during and after diagnosis.

Maybe you can live without a PSA Test… But why take the chance?

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